WEBVTT
--
SPOKE TO THE MAN WHO VIDEOTAPED
THE CRASH.
WE HAVE TO WARN YOU SOME OF THIS
FOOTAGE IS JARRING.
HE WAS COMING AT 50 OR 55
MILES PER HOUR.
DAVID: THAT IS WHEN HE WENT
OVER?
>> IT WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED FOOT
DROP.
A WARNING, IT IS JARRING.
THIS TANKER TRUCK APPEARING TO
BE TRAVELING THE POSTED SPEED
LIMIT, SKIDS OFF AND FLIES OVER
A WALL ANDERUPTS INTO
FLAMES.
DAVID: THE NURSE WISHES HE COULD
HAVE DONE MORE.
>> I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HELP,
BUT I COULD NOT HELP AT THAT
TIME.
SLAMMING ON THE BREAK.
I AM GOING RIGHT INTO THE FIRE.
RIGHT INTO THE FIRE.
DAVID: HE CONTINUES TO VIDEO THE
INVISIBLE COAT OF ICE.
MEANWHILE, MOTORISTS REPORT
HEARING LOUD BANGS AND BOOMS.
>> IT IS SOMETHING LIKE A MOVIE.
YOU SEE CARS FLYING.
IT WAS REAL SCARY.
DAVID: RESCUE CREWS WORKED
FEVERISHLY ON A 67 CAR PILE UP.
TWO DIED.
23 PEOPLE ARE BEING TREATED AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
MEDICAL CENTER.
SEVEN OF THEM ARE IN SHOCK
TRAUMA.
>> ABOUT 60 SOMETHING CARS.
SLAMMING ON EACH OTHER.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A THING
BEFORE.

Drivers encounter fire and ice on freeway

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Updated: 10:09 AM CST Dec 19, 2016

BALTIMORE, Md. —

Icy roads on I-95 in Baltimore leads to a fiery tanker crash. Drivers were unable to stop in time.